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弦
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bow string, string of musical instrument, watchspring, chord (segment of curve), hypotenuse, CL:根[gen1]

Pinyin
xián
Strokes
8
Frequency
13577 of 2500
Words starting with 弦Words ending in 弦Anywhere in a word

Words starting with 弦

弦乐xián yuè

string music

弦数xián shù

number of strings (of an instrument)

弦月xián yuè

half-moon; the 7th and 8th and 22nd and 23rd of the lunar month

弦歌xián gē

to sing to a string accompaniment; education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)

弦论xián lùn

string theory (in theoretical physics)

Words ending in 弦

和弦hé xián

(music) chord

琴弦qín xián

string (of a stringed instrument)

三弦sān xián

sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra

上弦shàng xián

to wind up a watch, clockwork toy etc; to tighten the string of a bow, violin etc; first quarter (phase of the moon)

下弦xià xián

last quarter, aka third quarter (phase of the moon)

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